Up until this point Daniel has been interpreting dreams and visions for the kings of Babylon. Beginning in chapter 7, Daniel describes and gives the interpretation of his own visions of the end times.
It may be a story we all know well but what is the application for the New Testament believer? Interestingly enough Daniel 6 is more about Darius than Daniel.
Belshazzar had the opportunity to learn from his father, Nebuchadnezzar, and not make the same mistakes he had made. He did not heed those lessons and did even worse than his father had done. Knowing better does not always mean doing better.
Daniel chapter 4 is… different… than the rest of the book. It is a letter from Nebuchadnezzar addressed to all people and nations, recounting a 7 year period of his life that humbled him and forced him to acknowledge God.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego being thrown into the fiery furnace is one of the most well known stories in the book of Daniel and perhaps the Old Testament. We may all know what happened but what can we learn from Daniel 3 that will help us this week be about our Father’s business?
Last week Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar he could reveal his dream and the interpretation. As we pick up in Daniel 2:31, we will learn what the king saw and what Daniel told him it meant.
Part 2 in the Daniel series.
There’s a lot we can learn from Daniel about a right relationship with God. This sermon could easily have been titled “Be like Daniel.”
We will not be going verse by verse, chapter by chapter through the Book of Daniel. This is the first in a series of sermons and we begin with some history and context. It is always beneficial to seek after God. Take that truth with you this week.
It’s not a meaning of life inquiry or question of existentialism. What I mean is, when we gather at church, when believers meet together at the same time in the same place… why do we do that? Is it necessary for the New Testament church? Let begin in Hebrews 10 and finish in Romans 12.
The sermon title is Epiphany and we begin with the visit of the Wise Men in Matthew 2. The sermon deals with the Messiah the Jews were expecting versus the one that God sent. In a manger in Bethlehem seemed like the wrong place for a king to be born. Nazareth, up north in Galilee, is seemingly the wrong place for the Messiah to come from. The Jews were looking for a Messiah that looked and sounded a lot like themselves; we must be careful not to do the same. If Jesus looks a lot like us to start with, it would be a small thing to be conformed to his image.
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